Anagrams of Montpelier
Word Montpelier has
751 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of Montpelier.
- interlope
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verb (used without object),
to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
- terpineol
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noun,
any of several unsaturated, cyclic, tertiary alcohols having the formula C 10 H 18 O, occurring in nature in many essential oils or prepared synthetically: used chiefly in the manufacture of perfumes.
- repletion
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noun,
the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness.
- ton-mile
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noun,
a unit of freight transportation measurement equivalent to a ton of freight transported one mile.
- importee
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noun,
an imported person or thing.
- Interpol
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noun,
an official international agency that coordinates the police activities of more than 100 member nations: organized in 1923 with headquarters in Paris.
- orpiment
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noun,
a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- one-time
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adjective,
having been as specified at one time; former:
- pemoline
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noun,
a synthetic, weak, central nervous system stimulant, C 9 H 8 N 2 O 2 , with sympathomimetic activity, used as an adjunct in the management of hyperkinetic behavior disorders.
- 11-point
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- petronel
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noun,
a firearm of large caliber, used from the 15th to the 17th century, that fired with its butt resting against the chest.
- Piemonte
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noun,
Italian name of Piedmont.
- leporine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a rabbit or hare.
- petrol.
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- petiole
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noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- Pimento
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noun,
pimiento.
- topline
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adjective,
so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like:
- perlite
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- implore
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verb (used with object),
to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat:
- epitome
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noun,
a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class:
- entero-
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- Petrine
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adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- prelim.
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- pereion
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noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- proline
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noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- meletin
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noun,
quercetin.
- Lenotre
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- reptile
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noun,
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- Leotine
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noun,
a female given name.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- Moliere
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noun,
(Jean Baptiste Poquelin) 1622–73, French actor and playwright.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- Meitner
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noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- Pioneer
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noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- potline
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noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- pointel
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noun,
a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- Elpenor
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noun,
(in the Odyssey) a companion of Odysseus who was killed when he fell off the roof of Circe's palace.
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- tropine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- trompe
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noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- polite
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adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- pontil
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noun,
punty.
- norite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- emptor
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noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- nitro-
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- poteen
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noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- Lenoir
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noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- lepto-
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- Lepton
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noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- rimple
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noun,
a wrinkle.
- Lenore
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noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- repine
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- triple
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- remote
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noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- ptero-
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- pteron
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noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- relent
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- orpine
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- optime
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noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- opener
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noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- lierne
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- polit.
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- omelet
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noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- reopen
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verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- repent
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adjective,
creeping.
- tip-on
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noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- Nilote
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Moreen
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noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- motile
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adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- Metope
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noun,
any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
- melter
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noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- Melton
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noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- Mentor
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noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- temper
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noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- Merino
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Temple
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noun,
an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities.
- Merlin
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noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- merlon
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noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- merlot
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noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- Merope
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noun,
a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
- Merton
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noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- meteor
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noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- metier
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- metro-
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- limner
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noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- teleo-
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- loment
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noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- loiter
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Loiret
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noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- Milner
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noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- milter
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- Milton
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noun,
John, 1608–74, English poet.
- M-line
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noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- Lipton
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noun,
Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
- lionet
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noun,
a young or small lion.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Moline
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noun,
a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.
- molten
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noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- limpet
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noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- toneme
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noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- oilmen
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noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- pointe
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- epimer
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noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- Elmont
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noun,
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- imper.
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- permit
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noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- pernio
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noun,
chilblain.
- topmen
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noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- Petrel
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noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- Elinor
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Etoile
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- petro-
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- Ermine
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noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- pleio-
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- Pinero
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noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- import
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noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- Pinole
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noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- tremie
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noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- entoil
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- Pinter
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noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- enter-
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- pintle
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noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- piolet
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noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- pitmen
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noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- triene
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Empire
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noun,
a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire.
- impone
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verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- Petrie
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noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- pelter
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noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- protei
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noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- intro.
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- Pelion
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noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- pelmet
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noun,
a decorative cornice or valance at the head of a window or doorway, used to cover the fastenings from which curtains are hung.
- pelite
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- inter.
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- proem
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noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- opine
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- temin
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noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- telo-
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- tele-
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- Pinel
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noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- miler
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noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Perle
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noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- Prome
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noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- Milne
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noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- pron.
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- pilot
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noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- pilon
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noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- Miner
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noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Minor
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noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- prem.
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- metr-
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- Pinot
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noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Metol
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- Poler
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noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- Prot.
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- meno-
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- temp.
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- Temne
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noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- prom.
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- Pinto
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noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- merit
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Merle
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noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- piton
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noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- preen
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noun,
a pin or brooch.
- Point
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noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- mero-
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- Meroe
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noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- Oriel
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- prim.
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- remit
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noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- meter
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noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- miter
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Minto
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noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- Mitre
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noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Primo
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noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- pret.
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- Niter
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
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- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- Peter
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noun,
penis.
- pert.
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- Peron
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noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- olein
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Port.
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- retem
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noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Niort
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Noemi
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noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- repel
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verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- print
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noun,
the state of being printed.
- peri-
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- rept.
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- Prole
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noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- oiler
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- peril
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noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- repot
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- prime
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noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- plio-
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- reni-
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- Mont.
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- pleo-
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- moire
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noun,
any moiré fabric.
- molet
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noun,
mullet2 .
- prone
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noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- pleon
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noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- prion
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noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- poet.
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- plier
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noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- Monet
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noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- Monte
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noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- petr-
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- rente
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- omni-
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- Morel
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noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- motel
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noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- petri
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- pene-
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- ripen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Neper
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noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- nerol
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- melon
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noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- Minot
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noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Tempe
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noun,
Vale of, a valley in E Greece, in Thessaly, between Mounts Olympus and Ossa.
- Irene
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- enorm
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adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- toner
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- lipo-
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- Leoni
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noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Leone
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noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- trine
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- emote
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verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- Emile
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noun,
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
- ento-
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- inept
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adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- liter
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- litre
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noun,
liter.
- Tiler
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Elton
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noun,
a male given name.
- elope
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verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- Elmer
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noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”.
- enrol
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verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- treen
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noun,
treenware.
- triol
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noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- intel
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noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- topee
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noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- impel
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verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- toper
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- ileo-
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- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- intr.
-
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- Timon
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noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- term.
-
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- trop-
-
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- elem.
-
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- 30-30
-
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- elemi
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- teno-
-
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- intl
-
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- int.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Pen.
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- per.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- top-
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rel.
-
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Ire.
-
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- OPer
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- itol
-
- Ont.
-
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Emp.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- pro-
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- EMet
-
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- prin
-
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- Pol.
-
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- tron
-
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- pot.
-
- pre-
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- PERL
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- Imp.
-
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Pet.
-
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- ile-
-
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pil-
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- epit
-
- epi-
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enl.
-
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- tri-
-
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- 1080
-
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- lip-
-
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- mol.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- rpt.
-
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- tel-
-
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- limp
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- MOpt
-
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- lin.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Mon.
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- met.
-
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- ter.
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- ten.
-
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- ment
-
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- men-
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- min.
-
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- MILR
-
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- mil.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- tion
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- not-
-
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nom.
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nor.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Rom.
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- ole-
-
- Rep.
-
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- rit.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- neem
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- neo-
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- repl
-
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- TMO
-
- tlr
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tro
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ROP
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Tpr
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ROI
-
- TPI
-
- TPM
-
- TPN
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RPM
-
- tr.
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- RPO
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Tim
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noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- tin
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noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- ton
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noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- Re.
-
- RIP
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noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- tlo
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- NOP
-
- POR
-
- LIM
-
- lpm
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- Lot
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noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- LON
-
- LOE
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noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LMT
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ltr
-
- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- Ler
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noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lep
-
- LEO
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noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Len
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noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
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noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lee
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noun,
protective shelter:
- LPN
-
- Me.
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- POM
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noun,
pommy.
- MOI
-
- Moe
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noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MNE
-
- MLR
-
- ml.
-
- MIT
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIE
-
- Mo.
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- MEP
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- Mel
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noun,
honey.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- Lt.
-
- ite
-
- MOR
-
- EMR
-
- EPT
-
- Ep.
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOE
-
- ene
-
- en-
-
- EMT
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- ERP
-
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Eli
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noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- eir
-
- EEO
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EOM
-
- eo-
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERT
-
- IRO
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- IRL
-
- Ir.
-
- ipr
-
- IPO
-
- IPM
-
- IOT
-
- ior
-
- ine
-
- ETO
-
- in.
-
- ILP
-
- ILO
-
- il-
-
- ier
-
- io-
-
- ETR
-
- MOP
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noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- MIP
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- ONR
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OPM
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ONI
-
- pm.
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Om.
-
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OEM
-
- op.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pr.
-
- Npt
-
- pl.
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- PMT
-
- PLR
-
- PLO
-
- pli
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- prn
-
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- PIO
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PTO
-
- pt.
-
- nr.
-
- trp
-
- NPR
-
- MTO
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ne-
-
- MTP
-
- mtn
-
- NMI
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- MRP
-
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MPE
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NMR
-
- L.
-
- T1
-
- NI
-
- N.
-
- L2
-
- le
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- MN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- t.
-
- NP
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- ln
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- O.
-
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RO
-
- L1
-
- NM
-
- RP
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- NL
-
- TN
-
- LR
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- M.
-
- TM
-
- IP
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- MP
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- LM
-
- RN
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- RI
-
- TL
-
- i.
-
- R.
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- TP
-
- ol
-